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Chapter 10.1

Chapter 10.1. Racial & Ethnic Relations. Objectives. Summarize how sociologists define the terms race, ethnicity & minority group Identify the characteristics that distinguish minority groups from one another Analyze the most common patterns of minority group treatment. Race.

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Chapter 10.1

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  1. Chapter 10.1 Racial & Ethnic Relations

  2. Objectives • Summarize how sociologists define the terms race, ethnicity&minority group • Identify the characteristics that distinguish minority groups from one another • Analyze the most common patterns of minority group treatment

  3. Race • category of people who share inherited physical characteristics &whom others see as being a distinct group

  4. Ethnicity • the set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another

  5. Minority Group • group of people who, because of their physical characteristics or cultural practices, are singled out &unequally treated (Louis Wirth)

  6. Discrimination • denial of equal treatment based on group membership • denotes action or behavior • can be either legal or institutionalized

  7. Prejudice • unsupported generalization about a category of people • involves attitudes • can be in favor of a group

  8. Merton’s Patterns of Prejudice &Discrimination Prejudice YES NO Discrimination NO YES

  9. Patterns of minority group treatment

  10. Cultural Pluralism • ethnic & racial variety is encouraged • allows groups to keep their own unique cultural identities

  11. Assimilation • culturally distinct groups blended into a single group with common culture • ideas of “melting pot” & “tossed salad” • often happens naturally but, when forced, can cause conflict

  12. Assimilation

  13. Legal Protection • minority rights protected by the law • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Voting Rights Act of 1965

  14. Segregation • minority group physically separated from dominant group • de jure:based on laws • de facto: based on informal norms

  15. Subjugation • dominant group controls every aspect of minority group life through force • slavery: most extreme form

  16. Population Transfer • dominant group moves minority group to new locations within or outside the country • Native Americans: “Trail of Tears” (1830s)

  17. Extermination • dominant group attempts to destroy minority group • genocide • Kosovo of ethnic Albanians by Serbs • Holocaust of Jews by Nazis • Rwanda of Tutsis by Hutus • Darfur of Christians by Sudanese Muslims

  18. CHAPTER 10: CLASSWORK • Page 235: #2-3 • Page 246: #2-3 • Page 257: #2-3 • Page 258: #1-10 Identifying People & Ideas • Page 258: #1-6 Understanding Main Ideas • Page 259: #1-4 Building Social Studies Skills

  19. Case Study: Ethnic Relations in Great Britain • turn to page 241 in your book, read the case study &answer the “Think About It” questions in your journals • Ethnic Relations Study:over the next week, conduct your own case study on race relations at Butler High School. keep an observation journal &record how different groups interact. make special note of groups that lead “parallel lives.”

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